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Criterion
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Purposedifferent
When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h Setup, laufend10-20 min daily
Participantsdifferent
2-62-4 pro Pitch11
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationalePitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes
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BacklogIterationDelivery
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
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